AOL... Yeah, I know.
Anywho, I have a couple accounts that are forwarded to friends on AOL. Or
at least that's what they're SUPPOSED to do. I tested 'em out today and
noted that they are not arriving and the qmail log says:
955001494.050850 delivery 24857: failure:
Connected_to_205.188.156.162_but_sender_was_rejected./Remote_host_said:_501_SYNTAX_ERROR_IN_PARAMETERS_OR_ARGUMENTS/
Out of curiosity, I telnetted to 205.188.156.162 on 25 and tried to
manually get it to accept a message. I received the same error! Here's a
transcript:
Trying 205.188.156.162...
Connected to 205.188.156.162.
Escape character is '^]'.
220-rly-yd02.mx.aol.com ESMTP relay_in.8; Thu, 06 Apr 2000 01:19:52 -0400
220-America Online (AOL) and its affiliated companies do not
220- authorize the use of its proprietary computers and computer
220- networks to accept, transmit, or distribute unsolicited bulk
220 e-mail sent from the internet.
helo marvin.squad51.net
250 rly-yd02.mx.aol.com OK
mail from: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
501 SYNTAX ERROR IN PARAMETERS OR ARGUMENTS
I can't imagine what I'm doing wrong... I've even tried every possible
combination of upper and lower case, even though the RFC specifically
states either is acceptable. Or is AOL just not accepting mail today?
;-)
Thanks,
Ben
--
"There is no spoon"
-- The Matrix
